Courts & Justice

Plea enteredFormer boxer stands trial over alleged Welshpool murder

A one-time State light heavyweight champion will stand trial accused of shooting 26-year-old Kayla Rose Halnan in the back at a Welshpool demolition business in August.

Shannon Hampton

Downgraded chargeBaby-killing grandfather pleads guilty to manslaughter

A Lockridge man has admitted killing his baby grandson almost four years ago.

Shannon Hampton

Guilty pleaPort Kennedy man admits tragic Warnbro hit and run

A Port Kennedy man has pleaded guilty to murdering one man and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to another in a hit-and-run in Warnbro last year.

Shannon Hampton

‘Bleach mum’Bleach poisoning accused covers up leaving court

A Perth mother accused of trying to murder her seriously ill baby boy by pouring bleach into his feeding tube tried to cover her face as she emerged from court today.

Shannon Hampton

Madeley tragedyAlleged Perth daughter killer Djurasovic fronts court

Milka Djurasovic, 38, was found with self-inflicted wounds near Mullaloo Beach hours after her husband found the bodies of their daughters Tiana, 6, and Mia, 10, at their Madeley home in October.

Ken Wyatt opinionDV ‘a national shame that must be eradicated’

Minister for Indigenous Australian Ken Wyatt has called for an end to domestic violence against women, especially vulnerable indigenous women - who are 32x more likely to be victims.

Ken Wyatt

EXCLUSIVEWyatt, Porter pushing DV fight to Parliament

The Federal Government is looking to increase funding to tackle domestic violence as two WA senior politicians told of their “shame” over the continued crisis of deaths of women at the hands of men.

Lanai Scarr & Annabel Hennessy

EXCLUSIVECCC boss has ‘unfinished business’ with WA MPs

John McKechnie is seeking reappointment for the Corruption and Crime Commission’s top job, six months after threatening to resign amid a legal battle with State Parliament’s Upper House.

Peter Law

Lucky escapePerth mum spared jail over drug offences

Deborah Marie Hughes, who previously made headlines following the death of her severely malnourished baby, has been spared a prison sentence for drug offences.

‘Mass breakout’Alleged prison rioters to wait another year for trial

Seventeen current and former inmates allegedly involved in the Greenough Regional Prison riot and mass breakout face another year before trial, as the case gears up to be a logistical nightmare.

Shannon Hampton

Details revealedAccused Claremont serial killer’s dramatic arrest

More details of the dramatic arrest of alleged Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards have been revealed in court for the first time today — as well as the identity of a crucial PathWest scientist.

Tim Clarke

More domestic violenceKalgoorlie campsite murderer jailed for 17 years

A man who fatally bashed his partner at a Kalgoorlie campsite a month after she gave birth to one of their children has been jailed for at least 17 years over the “brutal” murder.

Shannon Hampton

Claremont trialRECAP: How police swooped and the journal find

The day police arrested Bradley Robert Edwards and the examination of a knife found near Jane Rimmer’s body. RECAP TODAY’S PROCEEDINGS.

Emily Moulton

Dumb actFriends ‘egged on’ WA car vandal

A Warburton man who mindlessly smashed the driver’s window of a parked car with a rock because he was told by his mates he could.

Jason Mennell

Community numbDomestic violence victim thought suicide ‘only way out’

The heartbroken grandmother of a woman who was found dead in Broome says she believes her granddaughter took her own life because she thought there was no escape from her allegedly abusive ex-partner.

Annabel Hennessy

MAN IN THE MIDDLEPerth Glory conduit accused of ripping off WA investors

An alleged linkman between Perth Glory and the shady London-based crypto-currency business that wants to buy it is accused of ripping off Perth investors, as the drama around the club’s sale deepens.

John Flint

10,000 WA cases reportedPregnant teen ‘attacked’ ending abusive relationship

A 19-year-old father-to-be allegedly slashed his pregnant teenage girlfriend with a box cutter as she attempted to leave the abusive relationship in latest case of cowardly violence.

Laura Pond - Stirling Times

Day 51Claremont podcast: ‘The DNA Doesn't Lie’

The moment that changed the Claremont serial killings investigation was described by the officer who took the call from the UK, saying male DNA had been found with Ciara Glennon’s fingernail samples.

Kate Ryan

Anne Aly column‘We cannot wait until another woman is dead from DV’

Anne Aly reveals her personal experience of domestic violence and demands change for women suffering violence at the hands of their partner — like Hannah Clarke — now.

Anne Aly

Lanai ScarrEnough is enough: Time is now to end family violence

The time is up for talking. The time is up for the blame game. The time is up for women and children to be dying at the hands of men who profess to love them. The time is now to end the scourge.

Lanai ScarrFederal Political Editor

Still missingAccused Freo statue thief denies stealing Bella

The case of the stolen Bella statue - valued at $100,000 - will go to trial after the Fremantle man accused of taking it from Bathers Beach pleaded not guilty in court.

Aaron Corlett & Nadia Budihardjo

Bandits at largeSearch for shooter puts Gosnells in lockdown

Police are tonight hunting for a gunman and his accomplices who opened fire during a wild car chase in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.

Rourke Walsh

Read the letterWA heir didn’t realise ‘significance’ of Hancock letter

Julian Wright says he didn’t “comprehend the significance” of a letter from late mining magnate Lang Hancock telling him his family owned incredibly valuable ore deposits.

Shannon Hampton

Brutal attackElderly bashing victim felt ‘one kick away’ from death

A 75-year-old man who was punched and stomped on in a savage attack at the weekend believes he was just one kick away from being killed in his own yard over a broken scooter.

Syan Dougherty